Collect the tenant’s portion of the rent. The JHA pays the subsidized portion of the monthly rent directly to the owner—generally this is the difference between a predetermined payment standard and 30 percent of the tenant’s adjusted monthly household income.

Comply with all requirements of the HAP contract and lease. The terms of a lease cannot be changed without the JHA’s written acknowledgement.

Per federal requirements, property rented to Section 8 tenants is reinspected annually by the JHA.

It is illegal for property owners to discriminate based on prospective tenants’ age, race, sex, religion, disability or national origin. It is also illegal to deny tenancy based on the fact that a household has a Section 8 Housing Choice Voucher subsidy.